Fiber-treating machine.



T. A. MORRIS. FIBER TBEATING MACHINE.

APPLlcATmN FILED ocT.3|.1913.

Patented-Apr. 3, 1917.

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THOMAS A. MORRIS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY 0F NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Application filed October 31, 1913.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. MORRIS, a citizen of the' United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fiber-Treating Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact spe-cication.

This invention relates to fiber treating machines, and more particularly to means for guiding and feeding into such machines material to be treated therein.

In the manufacture of twine, fiber or material out of which twine is made, has to be treated in various ways before such fiber or material isv actually spun into twine. The length of the fiber varies; some is long and some short. Among other things, the rough fiber is passed through machines for combing and spreading purposes. Unless some special precaution is taken the intermiXed pieces of liber are apt, due to the short pieces, to pull apart while being fed into these machines, thereby interrupting the process. Such interrupted feeding is undesirable for many commercial reasons.

It is, therefore, the main object of this invention to automatically guide and feed fiber uninterruptedly into fiber treating machines.

Another object is to provide means for drawing liber from its source of supply and controlling the feeding movement of the same into fiber treating machines.

These objects are accomplished by properly locating a properly designed lifting drum which automatically draws the fiber from a suitable source of supply without tearing apart the intermixed pfieces of fiber in the process, and then directs such fiber onto a suitable conveyer of the machine from which it passes further to be treated.

The invention is illustrated on the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which- Figure l is a fragmentary plan view of a fiber treating machine embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a drum which draws the fiber from any suitable source of supply and directs the feeding movement of the liber; and

Fig. A is an end view of the same feeding drum.

The various novel features of my inven- Speccaton of Letters Patent.

FIBER-TREATING MACHINE.

Patented Apr. 3, 19T?.

serial no. 798,450.

tion will be apparent from the description and drawings, and will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

This fiber treating machine 10 is pro vided with a conveyer band 11, which passes aro-und two drums 12 and 13, the former being mounted directly upon a shaft 14, upon one end of which is mounted a pulley 15 for receiving a driving motion from any suitable source. These drums, upon which the conveyer band 11 is mounted, are supported by a frame 16 having side members 17 to prevent twine carried on the conveyer from falling off the same. Mounted upon one end of the frame 16, adjacent roller 13 of conveyer l1, is a drum 18 having a cylindrical portion 19 which is provided with corrugations 20 and beveled end pieces 21. The cylindrical and end portions of the drum are supported by suitable spiders 22 which are keyed to the shaft 28 of drum 18, and upon one end of this shaft 23 is mounted a sprocket wheel 24E, around which passes a chain 25, the chain also passing around another sprocket wheel 26 mounted upon one end o-f shaft 14, from which the chain is driven to transmit motion to the lifting and guiding drum 18. This drum 18 automatically lifts the fiber from any suitable source, such as receptacles 28 located at various angles with respect to the longitudinal medial line of the conveyer 11, after the fiber has once been started over the drum and passed onto the conveyer 11. The corrugated parts of the drum assist materially in lifting the liber. At the same time the drum lifts the fiber in such a manner as to prevent any tearing apart of the intermixed ber due to the short pieces which are found therein. Furthermore, this drum properly controls the feeding movement of the fiber onto the conveyer 11, from which the fiber is fed into other parts oaf the ber treating machine. In other words, the strands of ber which are drawn from the variously positioned receptacles 28 are delivered to the conveyer 11 in parallel relationship through the control action of the beveled end portions 21. After the fiber has once passed over the feeding drum 18 and started onto the conveyer 11, the drawing of the fiber from its source of supply and the feeding of the same through the whole machine is entirely automatic. By means of of ber are prevented from tearing apa-rt while being fed from the receptacle 28, and in this way the automatic feeding is uninterrupted. This drum 18, which is mounted at one end of the frame 16, is supported by arms 30, which are secured to the side frame members 17, the drum being adjacent the conveyer and located in the most suitable place for accomplishing the desired results.

,It is evident that there may be m0dications in the precise form and arrangement as herein disclosed, and it is my intention to cover all such modifications which do not involve a departure from the spirit and scope of my invention as set forth in the following claims.

What I claim as new is:

1. In a ber treating machine, the comvvarious angles with respect to the longitudinal medial line of the conveyer and delivermg the strands to the conveyer in parallel relationship.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

vTHOMAS A. MORRIS. Witnesses:

Siemen J. OLBERG, J. L. BnMIs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

